UK envoy to Yemen escapes bombing

SANAA, April 26: The British ambassador to Yemen on Monday escaped a bombing in Sanaa believed triggered by a suicide attacker but the blast killed an unidentified person, a security official said.



"The ambassador was not hurt" in the attack that targeted his convoy as it headed towards the embassy, said the security official who requested anonymity.[break]



He said that the attack is "believed to be a suicide attack" adding that one person, whose identity has not been determined, was killed.



Witnesses insisted that the bombing was a suicide attack, saying that the bomber was a bit slow in targeting the diplomat´s vehicle and that the attacker´s body was torn to pieces.



Timothy Achille Torlot is the current British ambassador to Yemen according to the embassy´s website.

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